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A red flame, blown out
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans
Wow, I never expected to get so many reviews already. Plus all of them were non-critical of the story. I take back what I said last chapter. This might be one of my best stories yet. Let the hearse proceed to part 2.
Part Two: Another Life Shattered
"Hey guys Robin and I caught control freak!" Terra cried happily from upstairs her face flushed with happiness and eyes twinkling with triumph, "You guys should have been there!" she cried excitedly as she got closer, "really all of you would have been PROUD!" she cried with great emphasis, "Robin's bringing him right now and you guys can..." She chatted on as she reached the top of the staircase.
But she stopped when she saw what was not too far away below her. From the height of the stairs she could see everything. Raven stroking Starfire's hair, Beast Boy kneeling in blood beside Starfire stroking her unmoving hand, and Cyborg.
Cyborg must have heard her because he was looking straight up at her. But there was something different. Tears were flowing openly from his human eye and he was looking at Terra as if he was a zoned out zombie. In fact she might as well have been invisible because even though he was looking at her, she could tell that he really didn't see her.
Then Terra slowly moved to what she saw first but had refused to acknowledge. The metal rod jutting straight through Starfire. She couldn't believe it. Starfire dead? But there was no denying it. She knew that you'd either have to a really strong alien that's nearly indestructible or an immortal to be able to survive that. And Starfire, as strong as she was, was definitely not any of those things.
Terra's knees started to buckle.
Terra was soon kneeling at the top of the staircase, holding the railing for support and strength has she looked on at the horrifying scene below her. She always felt that Starfire was a bit weird and bizarre. But she couldn't imagine living without a red-heeded teenage Tameranian girl always up to some weird habit that she learned from her home planet. Smiling so often that when she didn't it was like the sun missing in the daytime sky or the moon not appearing at night for a really long time when it used to always be there. Like Starfire being dead not too far below her. She always remembered the Tameranian girl smiling. But how was she supposed to know that on this fateful evening that the red haired green eyed crazily buoyant girl would smile at them just before they left the tower for the last time.
"Terra," Robin said suddenly from not too behind her, "no offence but Control Freak's kind of heavy," he said his voice revealing that he was straining with something and Terra suddenly turned in his direction, "some help please?" he asked pointedly as he appeared a short distance before her dragging a tied up control freak.
"Robin," Terra said softly, "there's something downstairs that I think that you need to see," she said almost emotionlessly, "I'll take care of Control Freak," she said her eyes glowed when she said this but turned to normal before Robin turned to look at her, "really Robin you need to go downstairs right now," she said kindly yet rather emotionlessly.
"Why?" Robin asked as he propped Control Freak by a wall and walked the five steps he needed to walk to be right next to Terra, "what's so important that I need to...?" he asked.
But Robin stopped when he saw what Terra was talking about. He saw the other Titans down stairs but that was not what he was focusing on. He was focusing on Starfire. At least what he saw looked like Starfire. He started to shake as he slowly started to walk down the many stairs. But as he got closer and saw that with each slow step he took she wasn't moving at all, he started to take the stairs at a run.
Terra turned to the tied up villain shaking with rage.
"You're going to pay for this," Terra hissed as her eyes glowed yellow and tears fell freely from her eyes, "You're going to pay," she said softly and angrily as her hands started to glow.
"Starfire!" Robin cried as he fell to his knees beside Raven and snatched Starfire's head from her, "what happened?" he asked softly as he started to stroke her hair while Raven looked at him with pity, "why did this happen!" he cried angrily as he started to shake violently and it was obvious despite the mask that he was crying.
She was my everything. After loosing my parents and having nothing but a few friendships and crime fighting to fill my days I felt so empty. Then she came. Starfire. It wasn't love at first. She was overly nice and the more that I got to know her I truly realized that she was rather bizarre. But as I got to know her, I quickly learned to look past all these things. Look past all her strange ways and personal 'flaws' to see her. The real her. The girl that I learned to truly care about and love. The dead girl that now lay; bloodied and severely injured, in my arms. I loved her so much. Why did this have TO HAPPEN! WHY DID SOMEONE ELSE FOR ME HAVE TO DIE! (Robin's thoughts)
Robin thought all of this as he held Starfire to him and cried openly into her long ruby red hair. Raven sat quietly beside him, watching Robin's open display of broken hearted affection while Beast Boy now tried to comfort the now silent and unfocused Cyborg.
There was a sudden crash and all the Titans turned around (except for Starfire of course) to see Terra floating in the air. She surrounded by a yellow glow and the contorted look of her features showed that she was beyond angry. The entire staircase was now twisted rubble on the floor and all the other Teen Titans eye's widened as they realized what Terra had very likely done.
"Terra?" Beast Boy asked in a small and extremely shaky voice, "did you just kill Control Freak?" he asked timidly in a cracked voice as Terra landed on the floor and nodded.
"I'd advise you to leave right now Terra," Raven said in warning monotone, "you know what you are now after you've done this?" she asked even though it sounded more like a condemning statement.
Terra's glow totally disappeared as she looked at all the Titans in total disbelief. Where they going to just sit there and deny that they wanted to kill Control Freak as much as she did. Was it a crime that she acted out her emotions instead of pretending that everything was going to be okay, when it would never be the same? Control Freak killed Starfire, she couldn't change that. But she wasn't going to allow that murdering villain to appeal behind bars and get life imprisonment or manslaughter. He deserved the death penalty, and she gave it to him.
"I'll walk you out Terra," Cyborg spoke up suddenly and rose away from Beast Boy, "I don't blame you for what you did, but it's still a crime and the Titans are going to be called after you sooner or later," he told her as Terra looked down at her now no glowing hands, "please walk with me Terra?" Cyborg asked softly, "I'm not going to hurt you, I promise," he reassured her as he held unto her small and slightly trembling hand.
They came again. The tears. They flowed slowly but freely from Terra's eyes as she hiccupped loudly. She slowly started to walk with Cyborg who now placed his other hand on her shoulder as they both walked out of the room.
"Should we call the police?" Beast Boy asked suddenly even though his face betrayed the fact that he didn't want to.
Raven was about to answer, but Robin interrupted her.
"Yes," Robin said softly, "but only after Terra and Cyborg get at least a half-hour head start," he said honestly as the other two looked at him in confusion as Robin grinned and bent down to kiss Starfire on her head and then laid her on the cold bloodied floor.
"We have make arrangements for Starfire's parents to be contacted," Robin said simply, "we need to arrange for a place for Starfire's body to stay until the funeral," he said as his voice started to quiver, "we all loved Starfire," he said with a now very cracked voice, "now we have to love her forever now that she's on the other side and remember that she's watching over us right now," he said softly as he leaned down and kissed her softly on her still rosy but now cold as ice lips.
Part Two Accomplished.
Reggae: There will be a Part Three and it is the FINAL part of this story. Remember to read and review. Thank you all those who've reviewed this fic so far!